I think that's certainly a big part of it (and now I want to make a joke about Adele being "big"... I think it must be a getting worse :P). Because people in the media tend to be treated with equal praise, maybe people in general are losing their ability to discern the celebrities who are actually worthy of praise from those who aren't. That would fit in exactly with what you're saying.
I certainly have no idea what I'm talking about here, so your guess is as good as mine. People tend to hold celebrities up to a much higher standard than everyone else (and maybe they should, since they're such influential role models), and it looks like a lot of them just can't win. You're either too fat or too thin, too shy or too arrogant, too posh or too much of a chav... walking the line must be very difficult and I don't envy them. It seems as if the celebrities who are least criticised are the ones who appear most like "normal people" - comedians are a good example. How can a musician or an actor even appear like a "normal person" when they get so much constant media attention, so how can they ever be liked? Hmm.
Is it normal that Adele is a magnet for hatred?
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I think that's certainly a big part of it (and now I want to make a joke about Adele being "big"... I think it must be a getting worse :P). Because people in the media tend to be treated with equal praise, maybe people in general are losing their ability to discern the celebrities who are actually worthy of praise from those who aren't. That would fit in exactly with what you're saying.
I certainly have no idea what I'm talking about here, so your guess is as good as mine. People tend to hold celebrities up to a much higher standard than everyone else (and maybe they should, since they're such influential role models), and it looks like a lot of them just can't win. You're either too fat or too thin, too shy or too arrogant, too posh or too much of a chav... walking the line must be very difficult and I don't envy them. It seems as if the celebrities who are least criticised are the ones who appear most like "normal people" - comedians are a good example. How can a musician or an actor even appear like a "normal person" when they get so much constant media attention, so how can they ever be liked? Hmm.